Tank 1.0

noise0 · February 17, 2009, 4:42pm

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Handcrafted Base hold containing: -5x AAA battery -2x solar geared motor -Mother Board -Geared wheel drive
Mother Board features: - L293D motor driver - DC Buzzer - Lo dropout 5V regulator - I2C hub (not used)
Handcrafted 5x LDR array sensor
Front sensors: - 5x LDR array - 2x Sharp tilted telemetric ranger
Raw Geared 4 wheel drive
Download my BasicX code here: tank1.4.zip

Navigate , Avoid bstacle, Avoid to fall, Seek for Light

Actuators / output devices: 2x Geared solar motor
Control method: autonomous
CPU: Netmedia BX24
Power source: 5x AAA 600mAh
Programming language: BasicX
Sensors / input devices: 2x Sharp ranger, 5x LDR Array
Target environment: indoor

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/tank-1-0

jeybee · February 17, 2009, 4:59pm

I like it!

I like that little Robot, Good Job!!

But I think, you smoke too often…

calculon320 · February 17, 2009, 5:08pm

sweet unit
Love it. where did you get the wheels?

noise0 · February 17, 2009, 5:08pm

mahahahah u r right!
mahahahah u r right!

noise0 · February 17, 2009, 5:10pm

**here http://www.opitec.it **

here

http://www.opitec.it

slick · February 17, 2009, 5:13pm

huh?
you have a gear in between your two "wheels" how do they turn

trumpkin · February 17, 2009, 5:22pm

It seems like the wheels
It seems like the wheels would turn towards eachother geared like that.

mike · February 17, 2009, 5:24pm

The in-between gear is an
The in-between gear is an idler. Without it the two "wheels" would turn in opposite directions. Not very efficient, but briefly amusing.

guibot · February 17, 2009, 5:31pm

very nice little fellow!!and
very nice little fellow!!

and good job with the LDR array

noise0 · February 17, 2009, 5:36pm

the in-between gear is not
the in-between gear is not an idler, it’s the motor pinion which transmit power to both wheels

slick · February 17, 2009, 5:50pm

**but…but…but…but **
if you have that gear in the middle wont it make them turn in different directions

noise0 · February 17, 2009, 5:51pm

no, exactly in the same
no, exactly in the same direction lol

mike · February 17, 2009, 5:54pm

Same difference
Same difference

noise0 · February 17, 2009, 5:59pm

lol i like to write in
lol i like to write in english because i understand 50% of what you say

rik · February 17, 2009, 6:38pm

impressed by all these new robots

This series is the exact reason why we did not close the gate to LMR ten days ago!

Nice to meet you and your bots Sir.

lolgeek · February 18, 2009, 12:30am

This bot is very cool.
Nice starting platform for a camera and some wheel encoders. That way it can map out its course for the return trip. Nice job.

robologist · February 18, 2009, 2:14am

Really fun little design,
Really fun little design, and it’s great the way it stays on the desk, no easy feat getting it to not take a dive. Good simple use of mechanics too with the central drive gear.

mike · February 18, 2009, 2:39pm

Irony
What is the diacritic for irony? One of us should be using it.

fritsl · March 28, 2009, 2:38pm

Nice!
Nice!

christhecarpenter · March 28, 2009, 6:35pm

A little more info…
Can we get a little more information on the Handcrafted 5x LDR array sensor?